Saturday, June 3, 2017

Selective outrage by the liberal media and its consequences

It's
no secret that I'm not a fan of many mainstream media. Everyone
knows most cable news channels have a liberal slant. You know
what, though? I would even watch liberal news shows if they
presented the news. What we have instead is a bunch of channels
presenting half-truths and radical opinions with the objective of
smearing republicans and excusing democrats. They're not news shows
– they're the propaganda arm of the DNC.

A
recent example was this non-response of a CNN panel to the Kathy
Griffin photo/video showing her holding the severed head of Donald
Trump. Jake Tapper introduces the clip calling Griffin's photo,
“disgusting” and saying, “it's hard to imagine how anyone would
think that's appropriate.” As he is saying this, though, you can
hear him chuckle so obviously he's not overly disgusted and certainly
not outraged. This is about as harsh a criticism the panel can
muster.

Next,
Tapper quotes Donald Trump, Jr as saying, “This
is now considered to be acceptable discourse by the left,”
and turns it over to his panel for discussion. Molly (I don't even
know her last name because most CNN contributors are that unimportant
to me) and Tapper share another chuckle before she admits, “I
have a hard time bringing myself to even care about something like
this.” She even goes so far as to blame the Trumps for
making a big deal about this saying it, “speaks
to the need to see themselves as the victim.” The
remaining two panelists added nothing except to say that there are
bigger issues than Kathy Griffin.

There
were no calls to tone down the rhetoric. There were no pleas for
people to come together. It was just pompous rebukes by liberal
elitists telling the Trumps to stop whining.

I
don't watch CNN. I guess most people don't watch CNN. Conan O'Brien
said the only people who watch CNN are the people who clean the
offices at CNN. Now that's funny. Anyway, the only reason I'm
writing about this is to draw attention to the precise reason I don't
watch shows like CNN.

Most
people will remember from before the election, the leaked audio tape
of Donald Trump joking with a male reported. In a high school like
display of machismo, in what was thought to be a private
conversation, Trump bragged that women will let a celebrity grope and
kiss them. For months there was non-stop coverage about how Trump is
a sexual predator and misogynist. CNN has held on to it like a dog
with a bone. Now, a high-profile celebrity, in an intentional
attempt to incite, holds up a terrorist-like image of her holding the
bloody head of the President, and CNN says... meh.

The
selective outrage of liberal media has consequences that reach far
beyond a lack of viewers. Kathy
Griffin recently held a press conference which, in my opinion,
was probably her funniest performance ever. In it she lamented that
Trump is a bully who is trying to ruin her career. Hilarious, right?
I mean, come on – Griffin poses with the President's severed head
and Trump responds in a Tweet saying she is sick and should be
ashamed. Now she's the victim? Excuse me while I have a chortle.

Griffin
also expressed her concerns over the death threats she's been getting
because of this. Here's the problem: for months, conservative
pundits like Ann Coulter, Ben Shapiro, and Milo Yiannopoulos have
received real threats when they appear somewhere to speak. These
aren't anonymous letters or emails – they're rioters who wear masks
and burn buildings. Black Lives Matter protesters march in the
streets and chant they want
dead cops now! The mainstream fake news media simply makes
excuses and tries to distance the violence from the ideology. The
typical liberal commentator usually starts with something like, “I
don't condone violence but....”

The
violent rhetoric has reached a fevered pitch and it's all coming from
the left. The response from the right has been relatively mild. How
far will CNN and news outlets let the line be pushed? If the
political rhetoric needs be toned down, they need to stop providing
cover to the purveyors of the worst hate speech.

There
have been other folks on CNN who have been a little more firm in
their condemnation of Griffin but her actions were so far over the
line they simply realize there's no excusing it this time. I think
if there hadn't been a history of complicity between liberal media
and the Democrat party, Griffin might have thought twice before doing
the photo shoot. When the people who are supposed to report the news
sit silently by while mobs riot and threaten, it allows the violence
to escalate.

CNN, I
don't care that no one watches you. I hope you lose more viewers. I
hope your station goes bankrupt. I wish I could hurry it along. I'm
just sorry that you've endured this long.

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